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new york. >> you did it once. >> i sang once for president george w. bush. and, really, it's tough. >> you knew all the words -- >> i did not mess up the words. but it's easy to do it. >> would you sing that for snus. >> maybe someday -- no. >> is there a videotape of that. >> that's not. >> we have to go. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> the house passes a bill for the 33rd time that has absolutely no shot of going anywhere. one lawmaker says he has a solution to fix congress. but is it really a solution or just another no-go gimmick? we'll ask him. >>> mitt romney gets booed in front of a large audience. was this a miscalculation on his part to even take the stage? >>> and the pentagon releases a report saying iran is dramatically upping the capability of some of its conventional weapons. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm tom foreman filling in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, fiddling in washington while bankruptcy burns across the nation. san bernardino, california, is the latest american town unable to pay its bills. the math
new york. >> you did it once. >> i sang once for president george w. bush. and, really, it's tough. >> you knew all the words -- >> i did not mess up the words. but it's easy to do it. >> would you sing that for snus. >> maybe someday -- no. >> is there a videotape of that. >> that's not. >> we have to go. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> the house passes a bill for the 33rd time that has absolutely no shot of...
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she was the homeland security advisor to the last president, george w. bush. also serves on the external advisory committees of both cia and homeland security department. fran, first of all, tell us about this individual. why did the united states release him. >> well, wolf, he had been in custody for about six years prior to his taking a plea in july of 2010. that plea was taken as a result of his agreement to cooperate with the government. and clearly the 14-year sentence he received all but two years was suspended. so now we're two years later and he has fulfilled his commitment under the cooperation agreement presumably because the government is honoring and releasing him at the end of those two years. we should tell our viewers though, again, he had been in custody about six years. so total time is at least eight years, probably a little bit more before he's being released. the government has agreed to return him to sudan. that is where he's a national of sudan. so he will be returned to sudan. and there is an arrangement made between the u.s. government
she was the homeland security advisor to the last president, george w. bush. also serves on the external advisory committees of both cia and homeland security department. fran, first of all, tell us about this individual. why did the united states release him. >> well, wolf, he had been in custody for about six years prior to his taking a plea in july of 2010. that plea was taken as a result of his agreement to cooperate with the government. and clearly the 14-year sentence he received...
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i sang for george w. bush once. and i'm regretting that i ever told you that factoid. you're going to hold it against me. >> we're looking for the videotape. especially if you had to read some of those words. >> there's no cheating. >> you knew it all by heart. >> i did. >> we're going to get that videotape. thanks. don't go too far away. >>> documenting the details of a family murder. a video diary gives us a frightening look inside the mind of a killer. >>> and it's far from over at penn state university. we're going to update you on the investigations of the sexual abuse scandal that are still underway. >>> and young iranian's postings on facebook lands his father back in iran in prison. how satire turned very, very serious. the postal service is critical to our economy, delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet the house is considering a bill to close thousands of offices, slash service and layoff over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? a burden no other agency or company bears. a
i sang for george w. bush once. and i'm regretting that i ever told you that factoid. you're going to hold it against me. >> we're looking for the videotape. especially if you had to read some of those words. >> there's no cheating. >> you knew it all by heart. >> i did. >> we're going to get that videotape. thanks. don't go too far away. >>> documenting the details of a family murder. a video diary gives us a frightening look inside the mind of a killer....
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george w. bush won. 2000, george w. bush won. 1996, 1992. you have to go back to 1988 to find a year when a republican carried pennsylvania in a presidential election. when michael dukakis won only ten states. that's one reason. another reason, the polls show president obama leading in pennsylvania. most polls show an 8 point gap. brand new pole, 45 to 39, six point gap. it is a state to watch. six points is close. romney has it on the maybe list. they look, wolf, at the broader electoral map, i will tell you this, this is where we are. lean blue pennsylvania, president obama with this lead. romney thinks it is likely to win florida, ohio, virginia. that would get them there. if romney can do that, he only needs one more state. pennsylvania is on the list, but it is lower than new hampshire, iowa. >> that's why pennsylvania is a tossup. gloria, let me bring you into the conversation. on the whole issue of romney only releasing his 2010 and 2011 tax returns, you double down on that in an interview in national review, conservative publication,
george w. bush won. 2000, george w. bush won. 1996, 1992. you have to go back to 1988 to find a year when a republican carried pennsylvania in a presidential election. when michael dukakis won only ten states. that's one reason. another reason, the polls show president obama leading in pennsylvania. most polls show an 8 point gap. brand new pole, 45 to 39, six point gap. it is a state to watch. six points is close. romney has it on the maybe list. they look, wolf, at the broader electoral map,...
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. >>> and former president george w. bush celebrates his birthday by giving a gift to countries in africa. a multi-million dollar effort to fight cervical cancer. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> 102 degrees in the shade. this picture, take a look at it, taken here in washington. sums up what much of the nation is feeling today. yet another day of blistering heat. triple digits in many places shattering records all over the map. the heat is dangerous, potentially deadly. it's almost impossible to escape. and for the hundreds of thousands still without power, without access to air-conditioning, it verges on the unbearable. the heat is also devastating to the economy. a drought in parts of the midwest may be the worst in decades. and prospects for the corn crop right now they are dimming every day. we have the latest on all the weather conditions, what you need to know to stay safe. but let's begin with lisa sylvester right n
. >>> and former president george w. bush celebrates his birthday by giving a gift to countries in africa. a multi-million dollar effort to fight cervical cancer. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> 102 degrees in the shade. this picture, take a look at it, taken here in washington. sums up what much of the nation is feeling today. yet another day of blistering...
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george w. bush won both of those states. go back to the year 2000 they were split. al gore winning in iowa, george bush winning in colorado. classic swing states. why are the candidates spending so much time there? one of the reasons they are not only toss up states, they are about as close as you can come. in the latest colorado poll about two months old we'd like to see more recent data. but look at that. a lot of money going into these states. look a this right now, yes, governor romney has been raising more money as of late, but tv ads spending just in the last month in colorado almost $500,000 advantage. $2.1 million for the president, $1.6 million spent just by the campaigns in the state of colorado both campaigns now beginning to invest in resources. 26 offices, that's a lot for the democrats and obama. four statewide for the romney campaign. that's the state of colorado. move these out of the way. come back to the state of iowa, wolf. when you bring up that state, again, you see something quite similar. the latest poll is a couple months old. we'd like more
george w. bush won both of those states. go back to the year 2000 they were split. al gore winning in iowa, george bush winning in colorado. classic swing states. why are the candidates spending so much time there? one of the reasons they are not only toss up states, they are about as close as you can come. in the latest colorado poll about two months old we'd like to see more recent data. but look at that. a lot of money going into these states. look a this right now, yes, governor romney has...
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>> well, you know, george bush, george w. bush. the other candidated optded out of the public finances. personally, i would have stayed in. but that's because i'm a different kind of democrat. the president had a lot of supporters, a lot of money on the table in 2008. in my judgment it was spent very well. he won the race. this time it's a lot different. he will have to continue to raise money. maybe a lot smaller amount than he did before. >> is there a different optically, and people look at this. average folks for romney to go to a fund-raiser -- political fund raiser in the hamptons and he is a billionaire, as we all know. and going for fund-raisers there. what's the difference, if anything? >> i can't see it. reporters are able to get more unfortunate quotes from the people attending. that is for people attending the fund-raiser. here's the other thing to take in mind, and jim's report pointed to it. the obama campaign is in real danger of misunderstanding what happened with the bush campaign in 2004. the lesson they've taken
>> well, you know, george bush, george w. bush. the other candidated optded out of the public finances. personally, i would have stayed in. but that's because i'm a different kind of democrat. the president had a lot of supporters, a lot of money on the table in 2008. in my judgment it was spent very well. he won the race. this time it's a lot different. he will have to continue to raise money. maybe a lot smaller amount than he did before. >> is there a different optically, and...
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let's talk about it with fran townsend, a former homeland security adviser to president george w. bush. if this report is true, that he has now defected, a huge guy in syria and the syrian military, fran, this would be huge. >> absolutely, wolf. not only is he in the republican guard, which is a very close -- it's meant to protect assad and the senior members of the regime. it's meant to sort of enforce regime stability, but this is a close personal friend of bashar al assad's and that makes the defection all the more damaging. let's remember his father was the minister of defense for decades when bashar al assad's father was ruling the country. and so this is really a blow, not only sort of in fact but sort of to the psyche of the military. we understand him to have been very well respected and well regard eed by his troops. look, this isn't the first. remember we had the jet pilot who defected with his plane to jordan recently. but this is certainly the closest senior military person that we're aware of defecting most recently. >> here's what i know, and tell me if you can elabo
let's talk about it with fran townsend, a former homeland security adviser to president george w. bush. if this report is true, that he has now defected, a huge guy in syria and the syrian military, fran, this would be huge. >> absolutely, wolf. not only is he in the republican guard, which is a very close -- it's meant to protect assad and the senior members of the regime. it's meant to sort of enforce regime stability, but this is a close personal friend of bashar al assad's and that...
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w. and they kept directing reporters back to what mitt romney said at an earlier meeting before he met with david cameron when he basically said he was confident that the games would go on without a hitch. so at this point, candy, they're sort of pretending it never really happened. >> probably a good idea. thanks so much jim acosta in london for us. quick note, wolf is traveling to israel right now where he'll interview mitt romney. we'll have that right here monday on "the situation room." >>> president obama is doing his best to dim the spotlight using tools on a president has. chief white house koerpt jessica yellin has that part of the story. jessica, it's good to be president in an election year. >> reporter: sure, it can be, candy. look, the president he is far from london. but he is putting in a strong performance when it comes to trying to overshadow mitt romney's overseas trip. the obama campaign is getting in on the olympics competition sending the most popular member of their
w. and they kept directing reporters back to what mitt romney said at an earlier meeting before he met with david cameron when he basically said he was confident that the games would go on without a hitch. so at this point, candy, they're sort of pretending it never really happened. >> probably a good idea. thanks so much jim acosta in london for us. quick note, wolf is traveling to israel right now where he'll interview mitt romney. we'll have that right here monday on "the...